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by Chris Parsons
Oct 20, 2011
During the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich demo we got to see another use for NFC. Beam, demonstrated sharing of information across devices and it looks like Google has now updated Google Maps to sup...
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by Chris Parsons
Oct 17, 2011
Google has been going strong with Google Wallet as of late in an effort to make NFC more widely used. Their latest announcement is a testament to their commitment of working with merchants in an eff...
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by Phil Nickinson
Oct 14, 2011
Fans of footlongs and 4G will soon be able to pay for their sandwiches using Google Wallet. The restaurant chain has announced (and we've also been tipped with an internal Subway e-mail -- there...
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by Chris Parsons
Oct 12, 2011
Not a whole lot has happened on the Google Wallet front since its initial release but a new update has now appeared in the Android Market and brings a few cool changes and a weird version number wit...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Oct 03, 2011
NFC may or may not be the future of on-the-go banking, but for most Android fans it's pretty damn cool. That's why there was a whole lot of disappointment when Google decided to go exc...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Sep 28, 2011
Isis, a joint venture of Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile, has announced that the major hardware makers of Android (and Windows 7) phones have climbed on board and will offer hardware that impl...
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by Phil Nickinson
Sep 26, 2011
Pre-sale starts online Oct. 10; phone is NFC-capable
T-Mobile this afternoon announced the HTC Amaze 4G (aka the HTC Ruby) -- a 4.3-inch powerhouse that will run on TMo's HSPA+ 42Mbps 4G net...
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by Andrew Melnizek
Aug 23, 2011
Google has been pretty quiet recently about Google Wallet, a new payment service announced back at the end of May. But that is about to change soon, folks. Engadget has received an image taken f...
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by Sean Brunett
Aug 11, 2011
HTC announced that their first NFC-enabled smartphone, called the Stunning, will be headed to China. With the Stunning, users will be able to use their phone with China UnionPay, the country's sole cr...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jul 22, 2011
LG has jumped into Android in a big way, releasing phones this year that cover everything from the entry level in the popular Optimus One line, to the future generation hardware configuration of the O...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jul 13, 2011
PayPal has shown their new peer-to-peer NFC payment system at MobileBeat 2011 today, using two Android powered Samsung Nexus S phones. The premise is simple -- open the app on both phones, enter...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jun 28, 2011
If you happen to have a Nook Color and love Angry Birds, you're in for a treat. Rovio and Barnes & Noble have teamed up and made B&N stores the very first "magic location" for ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jun 01, 2011
Google has launched the new Google Offers beta program today in Portland, Ore. We heard about it last night at the D9 Conference when Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt took the stage, and n...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 26, 2011
Google today officially announced Google Wallet and Google offers: The search giant's foray into mobile payments. Teaming up with MasterCard, Sprint and Citi -- and using MasterCard's PayPass sys...
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by Joshua Munoz
May 24, 2011
If the muttering we're hearing through the Bloomberg grapevine is true, Google is planning to finally unveil their NFC mobile payment service on May 26. Google's system is going to be available on pho...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Apr 29, 2011
Rumors are always just rumors, but a current one flying around the Internet has an unnamed HTC sales manager outing a 4.3-inch successor to the HTC Sensation, with NFC capabilities, to hit in the thir...
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by Chris Parsons
Apr 15, 2011
While it may not really seem all that interesting at first glance, today's announcement from Google regarding the discontinuation of Google Tags could potentially mean quite a bit to businesses who ju...
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by Andrew Melnizek
Mar 28, 2011
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Google has begun working with Mastercard and Citigroup to make NFC mobile payments a reality. NFC, or near-field communication, was touted by Eric Schmidt bac...
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by Chris Parsons
Feb 09, 2011
Over at the Android Developers blog today, Google has announced an update to Android 2.3 that adds new NFC capabilities for developers. Google also stated that since NFC is an emerging technology, the...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 17, 2011
Google has posted a job opening for a Technical Account Manager, and part of the qualifications call for experience with NFC/RFID technology. The job description states the person hired wil...
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by Chris Parsons
Jan 12, 2011
Yeah, you'll need to take this one with a big grain of salt as some of these rumors have been floating around for a whole now but with that said and out of the way. New information is suggesting that ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 10, 2011
CES ushered in a new era of smartphones and tablets. Dual-core Tegra 2 processors. LTE broadband data connections. Honeycomb on tablets (for starters). Laptop companions. Docks that turn your smartpho...
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by Sean Brunett
Jan 04, 2011
Near Field Communication is a feature of Android OS that arrived with Gingerbread (2.3). The practicality of NFC in our day-to-day lives is still to be questioned, but it undoubtedly represents a uniq...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Dec 21, 2010
Another new feature to Gingerbread is Near Field Communications (NFC). It's a fancy term for wireless communication between things that touch each other. You've probably seen this with you...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 15, 2010
HTC CEO Peter Chou recently spoke with the GSMA (those are the folks who put on Mobile World Congress) and talked a tad about LTE phones. They're definitely on the way, though not befor...
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by Chris Parsons
Dec 14, 2010
Although they are a small, Toronto-based firm, the news of Google acquiring mobile payments startup Zetawire could mean a lot in the upcoming months. It was revealed yesterday by tech analysts ...
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by Chris Parsons
Dec 08, 2010
Hot on the heels of the Android 2.3 SDK announcement along with the unveiling of the Samsung Nexus S, NXP talked more about its work with Google and Samsung to be the provider of the on board NFC (Ne...
